Gardhiwala
Garhdiwala is a town and municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the state of Punjab, India. thumb|Devi Mandir, Garhdiwala.
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Garhdiwala is a town and municipal council in Hoshiarpur district in the state of Punjab, India. thumb|Devi Mandir, Garhdiwala.
== History == The town was founded by a person named by Chaudhary Garhia Sahota a Jatt landlord of the area in the year 1443. the town also had a devi mandir and was known as Garhia devi wala and later it evolved into Garhdiwala, during the misl era the modern temple building was built by Sikh Sardars. The town was the seat of Sahota Jatt Chaudhris/Jagirdars of the area During the Mughal era and it is also mentioned in the 1595 Mughal Zamindar record list of Suba Lahore.